1974 Philadelphia Phillies season

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1974 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Veterans Stadium (since 1971)
  • Philadelphia (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)R. R. M. "Ruly" Carpenter III
General manager(s)Paul Owens
Manager(s)Danny Ozark
Local televisionWPHL-TV
Local radioWCAU
(By Saam, Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn)
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The 1974 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 92nd season in franchise history. The Phillies finished in third place in the National League East with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses. They would not finish below .500 again until going 75–87 in 1985.

Offseason[]

  • December 6, 1973: Denny Doyle was sent by the Phillies to the California Angels, and Aurelio Monteagudo and Chris Coletta were sent by the Angels to the Phillies to complete an earlier deal (the Phillies sent a player to be named later to the Angels for players to be named later and Billy Grabarkewitz) made on August 14.[1]
  • December 19, 1973: Tony Taylor was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.[2]

Regular season[]

Third baseman Mike Schmidt had a breakout season in 1974, leading the National League in home runs and demonstrating his prowess in the field. On June 10, Schmidt hit what many felt should have been a home run when the ball hit the public address speaker that hung 117 feet above and 329 feet away from home plate at the Astrodome in Houston. The ball hit the speaker, fell to the field, and, by the Astrodome's ground rules, remained in play. Since Schmidt had already started his slow home run trot, he was held to a single. (There were runners on first and second when the ball was hit, and they each advanced only one base.) Many experts agree the ball would have traveled in excess of 500 feet.[citation needed]

The Phillies became the first team to lead the division at the All-Star break after finishing last in the division one year ago.

Season standings[]

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NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 74 0.543 — 52–29 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 86 75 0.534 1½ 44–37 42–38
Philadelphia Phillies 80 82 0.494 8 46–35 34–47
Montreal Expos 79 82 0.491 8½ 42–38 37–44
New York Mets 71 91 0.438 17 36–45 35–46
Chicago Cubs 66 96 0.407 22 32–49 34–47

Record vs. opponents[]

1974 National League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 4–8 7–11–1 6–12 8–10 9–3 8–4 8–4 4–8 17–1 8–10 9–3
Chicago 8–4 — 5–7 4–8 2–10 5–13 8–10 8–10 9–9 6–6 6–6 5–13
Cincinnati 11–7–1 7–5 — 14–4 6–12 6–6 9–3 8–4 8–4 12–6 11–7 6–6
Houston 12–6 8–4 4–14 — 5–13 6–6 6–6 6–6 5–7 7–11 10–8 8–4
Los Angeles 10–8 10–2 12–6 13–5 — 8–4 5–7 6–6 4–8 16–2 12–6 6–6
Montreal 3–9 13–5 6–6 6–6 4–8 — 9–9 11–7 9–9 6–6 4–8 8–9
New York 4–8 10–8 3–9 6–6 7–5 9–9 — 7–11 7–11 6–6 6–6 6–12
Philadelphia 4-8 10–8 4–8 6–6 6–6 7–11 11–7 — 10–8 5–7 8–4 9–9
Pittsburgh 8–4 9–9 4–8 7–5 8–4 9–9 11–7 8–10 — 9–3 8–4 7–11
San Diego 1–17 6–6 6–12 7–11 2–16 6–6 6–6 7–5 3–9 — 11–7 5–7
San Francisco 10–8 6–6 7–11 8–10 6–12 8–4 6–6 4–8 4–8 7–11 — 6–6
St. Louis 3–9 13–5 6–6 4–8 6–6 9–8 12–6 9–9 11–7 7–5 6–6 —


Notable transactions[]

  • June 5, 1974: 1974 Major League Baseball draft
    • Derek Botelho was drafted by the Phillies in the 26th round, but did not sign.[3]
    • Ken Phelps was drafted by the Phillies in the 1st round (19th pick) of the secondary phase, but did not sign.[4]
  • June 15, 1974: Jeff Schneider was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.[5]
  • July 2, 1974: John Poff was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.[6]

Game log[]

Legend
  Phillies win
  Phillies loss
  Postponement
Bold Phillies team member
1974 Game Log[7]
Overall Record: 80–82
April (10–11)
May (15–12)
June (13–14)
July (15–13)
August (12–17)
September (13–15)
October (2–0)

Roster[]

1974 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Bob Boone 146 488 118 .242 3 52
1B Willie Montañez 143 527 160 .304 7 79
2B Dave Cash 162 687 206 .300 2 58
SS Larry Bowa 162 669 184 .275 1 36
3B Mike Schmidt 162 568 160 .282 36 116
LF Greg Luzinski 85 302 82 .272 7 48
CF Del Unser 142 454 120 .264 11 61
RF Mike Anderson 145 395 99 .251 5 34

Other batters[]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Bill Robinson 100 280 66 .236 5 29
Tommy Hutton 96 208 50 .240 4 33
Jay Johnstone 64 200 59 .295 6 30
Ollie Brown 43 99 24 .242 4 13
Tony Taylor 62 64 21 .328 2 13
Larry Cox 30 53 9 .170 0 4
Billy Grabarkewitz 34 30 4 .133 1 2
Alan Bannister 26 25 3 .120 0 1
Jim Essian 17 20 2 .100 0 0
Terry Harmon 27 15 2 .133 0 0
Mike Rogodzinski 17 15 1 .067 0 1
Jerry Martin 13 14 3 .214 0 1
John Stearns 1 2 1 .500 0 0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Carlton 39 291 16 13 3.22 240
Jim Lonborg 39 283 17 13 3.21 121
Dick Ruthven 35 212.2 9 13 4.02 153
Ron Schueler 44 203.1 11 16 3.72 109
Wayne Twitchell 25 112.1 6 9 5.21 72

Other pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Farmer 14 31 2 1 8.42 20

Relief pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mac Scarce 58 3 8 5 4.99 50
Eddie Watt 42 1 1 6 3.99 23
Gene Garber 34 4 0 4 2.06 27
Jesús Hernáiz 27 2 3 1 5.88 16
Frank Linzy 22 3 2 0 3.28 12
Pete Richert 21 2 1 0 2.21 9
George Culver 14 1 0 0 6.65 9
Larry Christenson 10 1 1 2 4.30 18
Mike Wallace 8 1 0 0 5.40 1
Tom Underwood 7 1 0 0 4.85 8
Dave Wallace 3 0 1 0 9.00 3
Ron Diorio 2 0 0 0 18.00 0
Erskine Thomason 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Jim Bunning
AA Reading Phillies Eastern League Bob Wellman
A Rocky Mount Phillies Carolina League Cal Emery
A Spartanburg Phillies Western Carolinas League Howie Bedell
A-Short Season Auburn Phillies New York–Penn League Larry Rojas
Rookie Pulaski Phillies Appalachian League Bob Wren

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Notes[]

  1. ^ Denny Doyle at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Tony Taylor at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Derek Botelho at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Ken Phelps at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Jeff Schneider at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ John Poff at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ "1974 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. ^ "Baseball Standings". Milwaukee Sentinel. April 15, 1974. p. 3, part 2. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  9. ^ "Majors". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 18, 1974. p. 10. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  10. ^ Feeney, Charley (May 18, 1974). "A Slip or Two...: 3 Bucs Pitchers' Jobs in Danger". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. pp. 10, 11. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  11. ^ "Baseball record". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. June 25, 1974. p. 35. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  12. ^ "Baseball Standings". Milwaukee Journal. June 29, 1974. p. 11. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  13. ^ Feeney, Charley (June 29, 1974). "Pirates Washed Out; Brett To Go Sunday". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 6. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  14. ^ "Baseball". Milwaukee Sentinel. September 23, 1974. p. 5, part 2. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  15. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References[]

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